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Iowa Code § 649.2 (2026)

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The petition therefor must be under oath, setting forth the nature and extent of the petitioner’s estate, and describing the premises as accurately as may be, and that the petitioner is credibly informed and believes the defendant makes or may make some claims adverse to the petitioner, and praying for the establishment of the plaintiff’s estate, and that the defendant be barred and forever estopped from having or claiming any right or title to the premises adverse to the plaintiff. [R60, §3602; C73, §3274; C97, §4224; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12286; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §649.2]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2026 · leading case: Barks v. White, 365 N.W.2d 640 (Iowa Ct. App. 1985).
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Barks v. White, 365 N.W.2d 640 (Iowa Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “Verification White contends that Keech’s petition should be dismissed because it was not verified as provided in the Iowa Code § 649.2 , which provides with reference to a petition for quiet title: “The petition therefor must be under oath; .”
Leonora Streeter, Rodney Dehaan, Esther Dehaan, Kurt Menefee, Robert Lampe, Douglas Benjamin, Barbara Benjamin, Teresa Garvey, Charlotte Thoma, Jeffrey Burke, Jan Burke, Jane Flammang, Aaron Flammang, Susan Sundlin, Steve Brennan, Kevin Brennan v. The Dunn Trust Dated May 20, 2005, Charles L. Dunn & Diane K. Dunn co-Trs. (Iowa 2026). · cites it 6× “310(10) allows for service by publication in quiet-title actions against nonresidents or parties “whose residence is unknown,” service by publication is an exception to the rule requiring personal service.”
City of St. Lucas v. Dennis Herbert Langreck (Iowa Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “However, Iowa Code section 649.2 contemplates a quiet title action is brought against a Defendant who makes or may make some claim adverse to the petitioner.”
Adair Holdings, L.L.C., a Nebraska Ltd. Liab. Co. v. Roger P. Escher, Mary J. Escher, & Persons in Possession (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Here, section 649.2 requires a description “as 8 accurately as may be.”
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